From 1861-1865, the United States of America was in the grip of a civil war. It
was fought on land and at sea. One participant was August Sebelin, a young German
sailor. Sebelin entered the war to enhance his navigational ...

The failed June 17, 1953, uprising in East Berlin and elsewhere in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) marked an early, tragic flashpoint of the Cold War. While the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) ...